Sensory Integration and OCD

April 27, 2002

> Dear Lauri,

> As you will undoubtedly hear from many in this group, SID

and OCD

> seem to go together quite often. When my daughter got a sudden

onset of OCD

> at age four, the most glaring change in her at first was her sudden

inability

> to wear socks, shoes, coats and many, many other things. She is

nine now and

> still has big issues with sensory input, although it's much, much

better than

> five years ago. SSRI's seem to help the sensory issues a lot for

her (Luvox

> is one of them). We have never tried occupational therapy, since I

had never

> heard of SID until the past couple of years and the worst seems to

be behind

> us. Others in this group have reported great success with it though.

This is a post from February ... SORRY!! But I have been lurking on

the list for awhile. My daughter has SID (dx 5 years ago), but last

year we began to see other symptoms that looked like OCD

(specifically fears and skin picking). The fears have gotten so much

better but I have noticed that the skin picking is getting more

frequent. SHe is doing alot better in the clothing department which

used to be the biggest challenge of all. Tactile defensiveness was

her first symptom.

My question for you all is this: it looks like sid and ocd can occur

together quite a bit. Should I be concerned about the skin picking?

OUr pediatrician sent us to a psychiarist last summer who confirmed

mld ocd/anxiety and recommended Paxil. I was very hesitant to use

meds bcs Occupational Therapy has seemed to really work well for our

daughter and she has gotten so much better in a lot of areas. I hate

to " fix what isn't broken " by adding medication.

Any input would be appreciated. HAs anyone seen major improvement in

tactile symptoms with medication.

Thank so much!

Tina in Texas

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